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Being creative is at the heart of being human and of all cultural progress.

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Ken Robinson
Age: 70 †
Born: 1950
Born: March 4
Died: 2020
Died: August 21
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City of Liverpool
Kenneth Robinson
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If you're not prepared to be wrong, you're not prepared to be original.
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I believe this passionately: that we don't grow into creativity, we grow out of it. Or rather, we get educated out if it.
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